• [If your reading this, you clicked on my journal. American Idiot is a very strong album. It's more than a political album. It shows the main character, Jesus of Suburbia, grow up, become smarter, and find out what is wrong with the world. It is a powerful album, with suprisingly good song writing. It has a great ending. Green Day has really matured since Dookie. They may have created the pop-punk mold, but they are trying to break it. The song writing on this album is very good. Green Day shows more emotion than before, as they create a strong story through music. The following are my responses to each song on the album, what I think of the song, and what I believe each mean. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts on American Idiot] (First message, May 6, 2005) I know no one is going to read this, but I'll write it any way. I'm going to give more of a review of the album than the song. 1000 people have already said enough about this song, and frankly, that is way too many. This song isn't even great. It's a solid, catchy single made more to draw attention to the album as much as contribute to it. What the song is about, is obvious, and I'm sure many people have already said what I'm about to say. It's a little political, but not extremely political. It is more of a protest against conformity. It's specifically inspired by conformaty to the current government, but conformity in general makes you an "American Idiot" according to the song. Other songs are more political. It's also about the media and other things like that. This song is a pre-face to the story. This album is not really a political album, though. It is an album with a story. It is told through ballads, some punk songs, and some decent varriety (some seem influenced by 60s pop) and it is pretty good. The story follows Jesus of Suburbia, St. Jimmy, and Whatshername. The singles are a little political, but don't really add a lot to the album. Anyway, a very good album. It's really unlike anything Green Day has done before. Hopefully I didn't just waste my time. Hopefully someone will jump to the last page and see what I wrote. I won't bet on it, but I can still hope.

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